But from what I remember, the league made a pretty signifcant push to find an owner in Atlanta so that they could put a team there, and the same thing may well have happened with Chicago. When they want a team in City X for commercial reasons, they make an effort to get one there.

As you've said yourself ClayK, WNBA interest tends to be centered around places with a team (for obvious reasons), but it seems like there's interest in Tennessee already. Surely Nashville or Memphis could support a team if they could ferret out an owner from somewhere.

I think any prospective owner with a great credit rating could get a team. It would help TV ratings and encourage sponsors.

Whether it would work or not is another question -- Tulsa, for example, seemed like a good idea at the time, and Oklahoma is pretty good territory for girls' and women's basketball (Big 12 attendance has always been strong).

It will be interesting to see what happens in SF in 2020. Will someone just give away a franchise to Lacob or try to extract some money from him? Or will the league look to expand and block any transfer?

I can't even imagine what percentage of sports fans are the sort that would tune into a WNBA game to take a "break" from football. My dad is the only person I know who even likes both football and the WNBA.

I can't even imagine what percentage of sports fans are the sort that would tune into a WNBA game to take a "break" from football. My dad is the only person I know who even likes both football and the WNBA.

I was flipping back and forth between the first half game Game 1 and the end of the Falcons game.

I can't even imagine what percentage of sports fans are the sort that would tune into a WNBA game to take a "break" from football. My dad is the only person I know who even likes both football and the WNBA.

Add a plus one to that group. The Green Bay Packers are my favorite pro sports team, the Sky are second, and then it's the Milwaukee Bucks.

I can't even imagine what percentage of sports fans are the sort that would tune into a WNBA game to take a "break" from football. My dad is the only person I know who even likes both football and the WNBA.

I was flipping back and forth between the first half game Game 1 and the end of the Falcons game.

The Dolphins had generously already gotten themselves blown out before the WNBA game started, saving me from something similar.

I can't even imagine what percentage of sports fans are the sort that would tune into a WNBA game to take a "break" from football. My dad is the only person I know who even likes both football and the WNBA.

Add a plus one to that group. The Green Bay Packers are my favorite pro sports team, the Sky are second, and then it's the Milwaukee Bucks.

Game 1 averaged 566,000 viewers, which is a slight drop from last year's series starter.

weird, considering game 1 was up against the afternoon nfl games.

Game 1 was on ABC so it automatically was going to have more viewers than if it had been on ESPN or ESPN2 at the same time. While some portion of the audience actively seeks out the games to watch, a large chunk of television viewing is just people surfing around and finding something to keep watching and this applies to all programming.

Intrigued by how much Game 4 got, because according to the listings (it's obviously irrelevant to me for viewing purposes), Game 4 was on ESPN rather than ESPN2. I presume that still makes a little difference, but I'm never sure how much the WNBA loses by having the vast majority of their broadcasts on 2 rather than '1'.

(although Game 1 getting under 600k even on a national network suggests it can't make that much difference)

It will be interesting tonight -- a bad college football game, a very regional baseball playoff game (Arizona-Colorado) and with the NBA starting earlier, there's a lot more basketball talk in the air than is usual at this time.

It will be interesting tonight -- a bad college football game, a very regional baseball playoff game (Arizona-Colorado) and with the NBA starting earlier, there's a lot more basketball talk in the air than is usual at this time.

Maybe a chance for a big audience?

NHL is starting tonight as well. Though I'm not sure how big of a draw Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis is for national TV.

It will be interesting tonight -- a bad college football game, a very regional baseball playoff game (Arizona-Colorado) and with the NBA starting earlier, there's a lot more basketball talk in the air than is usual at this time.

Maybe a chance for a big audience?

NHL is starting tonight as well. Though I'm not sure how big of a draw Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis is for national TV.

It will be interesting tonight -- a bad college football game, a very regional baseball playoff game (Arizona-Colorado) and with the NBA starting earlier, there's a lot more basketball talk in the air than is usual at this time.

Maybe a chance for a big audience?

NHL is starting tonight as well. Though I'm not sure how big of a draw Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis is for national TV.